By Admin 
A police officer associated with the famous Ankita Bhandari murder case on January 3, 2026 in Haridwar, Dehradun, clarified on Saturday that there was no VIP in this case. Haridwar Superintendent of Police (Rural) Shekhar Suyal told reporters that the ‘VIP’ whose name was taken in the chat of the accused and in the interrogation of Ankita’s friend, was Dharmendra Kumar alias Pradhan, a resident of Noida and he is not any VIP.
He said, during the investigation, the police reached Dharmendra and during his interrogation it was found that two days before Ankita’s murder, he had come to the area for some work and had stayed for some time to have food at Vanantra Resort. Superintendent of Police, Suyal said that this was confirmed in the records of the resort and interrogation of the employees.
Sanawar’s allegation – BJP leader involved in murder case
Recently, a video of actress Urmila Sanawar, who claimed to be the wife of former state MLA Suresh Rathore, went viral on social media. In which there was mention of a VIP in the Ankita murder case. The audio and video of Sanawar’s alleged conversation with Rathore also went viral. Which has created an earthquake in the politics of Uttarakhand. Sanawar has alleged that the VIPs are involved in the Ankita murder case. He is a leader of BJP named Gattu. He has mentioned the name of Gattu in another video. After which Suyal said, keeping in mind Sanawar’s claim, this statement is very important.
Congress demanded investigation from CBI
After this revelation, Congress is demanding that the entire episode be investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under the supervision of a sitting or retired judge of the Supreme Court. At the time of the Ankita murder case in the year 2022, Suyal was posted as Additional Superintendent of Police of Pauri district. Later, Suyal was also a member of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to investigate this murder case.